by CP Gull » 07 Nov 2013, 17:29
royalgull wrote:He did well for us. Moved on, why are we bitter? because he didn't want to spend his entire career playing in front of 2000 home crowds slugging his guts out on his own up front in a struggling side?
I'd have him back tomorrow if he was on offer.
Cannot disagree with any of that, but the fact remains that he has ended up at a similar size club to us, so still playing in front of "2000 home crowds", the only difference being that he currently can't even make their bench ... such a waste of his undoubted talent. He spent years at Peterborough, picking up his wages but never playing, except for when he was sent out on loan ... and it's beginning to look as though it might become a similar story for him at Burton.
I'm sure he is hugely frustrated at this turn of events, but at least he is picking up a few more quid and living a bit nearer to " home" wherever that actually is! I thought it was a poor move for him at the time at the end of the summer, not helped by the fact that he seemed to stall too long over the move, and he ended up with what looked like a "better than nothing" type option when surely he should have been setting his sights higher in League 1 or even the SPL.
Beginning to look like his time at Torquay might just turn out to be as good as it gets for him, at least as far as his football career is concerned, and personally I think that would be a great shame, given what we know he is capable of.
[quote="royalgull"]He did well for us. Moved on, why are we bitter? because he didn't want to spend his entire career playing in front of 2000 home crowds slugging his guts out on his own up front in a struggling side?
I'd have him back tomorrow if he was on offer.[/quote]
Cannot disagree with any of that, but the fact remains that he has ended up at a similar size club to us, so still playing in front of "2000 home crowds", the only difference being that he currently can't even make their bench ... such a waste of his undoubted talent. He spent years at Peterborough, picking up his wages but never playing, except for when he was sent out on loan ... and it's beginning to look as though it might become a similar story for him at Burton.
I'm sure he is hugely frustrated at this turn of events, but at least he is picking up a few more quid and living a bit nearer to " home" wherever that actually is! I thought it was a poor move for him at the time at the end of the summer, not helped by the fact that he seemed to stall too long over the move, and he ended up with what looked like a "better than nothing" type option when surely he should have been setting his sights higher in League 1 or even the SPL.
Beginning to look like his time at Torquay might just turn out to be as good as it gets for him, at least as far as his football career is concerned, and personally I think that would be a great shame, given what we know he is capable of.
